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On 05/10/2014 07:03 AM, Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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> On 10/05/14 05:56, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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>> On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 01:21:33PM +0200, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote: |
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>>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507210 |
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>>> net-misc/opensshd: do not enable USE=hpn by default |
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>>> Both bugs have seen dismissive responses from the base-system team, |
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>>> which I find somewhat disappointing. I understand that they are quite |
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>>> busy, but it seems to me that these bugs could at least get a serious |
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>>> response, rather than a fairly blunt "no" (but it might just be me?). |
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>> As the dev that did a number of the ports to a new version for HPN, and |
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>> sent that to upstream, I would really like upstream openssh to accept |
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>> the hpn patches. They provide a huge performance boost: i've used them |
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>> to copy multiple terabytes at >800mbit transatlantic. |
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>> As a member of base-system, I feel the performance benefit of the patch, |
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>> and that it has no downsides or extra dependencies is sufficent for it |
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>> to be enabled by default. |
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> As a member of base-system too, I concur with everything you just said. |
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> - Samuli |
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I also agree but I would also like to mention that I do not think |
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discussing the 'default USE flags' is so important. Anyone who cares |
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about security or production use of openssh he/she should be able to |
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figure out the good default for him/her and disable those that he/she |
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consider dangerous. Why people are so nervous about the default use |
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flags? it's a simple one line in package.use to configure your package |
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they way you want to. In my opinion, the default use flags should be |
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left at maintainers' discretion |
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Regards, |
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Markos Chandras |